Latest Jefferson Podcast Episodes
UNEXPECTED SUMMER: God Sees
First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, MO - June 16, 2024 15:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGod can see our potential more than we can for one another. Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
The Main Thing
Jeffersontown Baptist Church - June 16, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJBC is a place where you don't have to be fluent at "church" in order to start or continue a journey with God. Our hope is that you will find JBC to be a place where you can grow through studying God's Word, reach those around with the saving news of the Gospel, and worship God in spirit and truth.
Governor’s kindness led to fatal consequences
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 14, 2024 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsAS EVERY SENSIBLE person knows, there is pretty much no such thing as being “cruel to be kind.” Sometimes it does work the other way around, though. Every now and then you run across a story in which someone did something that was intended as a kindness, but turned out to be anything but. Such a...
Pioneer Courthouse square once the site of landmark hotel
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 13, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe grand monument to the Gilded Age was a municipal architectural treasure and hosted U.S. presidents, but was razed in the 1950s to make way for a parking garage; all that remains is a wrought-iron rail. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatorego...
The Fight For Local News -- And You Can Help
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - June 13, 2024 10:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsSix years ago, a small and scrappy group of journalists refused to give up on neighborhood news, and Block Club Chicago was born. But our 6th birthday is not just a celebration of Block Club — it’salso a celebration of reader support. We wouldn’t be here without the generosity of readers like yo...
Oregon governor nearly became President; lucky for us, he didn’t
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 12, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsNew York schemers sought to have former Oregon governor and Senator Joseph Lane named President. Had they succeeded, the Civil War likely would have been the North seceding from the South, and possibly an independent Pacific Republic in the West. (Salem, Marion County; 1860s) (For text and pictur...
Horse racing, and fixing races, were wildly popular
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 11, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsTHERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT going on these days in the Eastern Oregon community of Jordan Valley (pop. 181). But 100 years ago, this tiny, remote hamlet was home to a racetrack that may have been the fastest in the Northwest. (Jordan Valley, Malheur County; 1890s, 1910s) (For text and pictures, see h...
Will DuSable Lake Shore Drive Always Be A Big, Fast, Loud Highway?
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - June 11, 2024 10:50 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsHost - Jon Hansen Reporter - Mack Liederman A group of alderpeople want the state to pump the brakes on plans to redesign DuSable Lake Shore Drive and instead find ways to prioritize public transit on the city’s most famous road. Fourteen alderpeople have signed a letter to Illinois Departmen...
Life in 1880s Salem and Portland, a banker's-eye view (WPA oral-history interview with Cyrus Woodworth)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 10, 2024 14:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWPA writer Sara B. Wrenn's oral history interview with Cyrus Woodworth, a retired banker and former telegrapher living in Salem and Portland from the 1870s to the 1930s. He actually organized one of the first car races, a match between two 'merry Oldsmobile'-era horseless carriages that reached a...
Waiting on a Trustworthy God -Dr. Casey Moss and Kara Moss
Heritage Fellowship Church - June 10, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoin Casey and Kara Moss as they reflect on the powerful time of worship and waiting we experienced last Sunday. We explore the question: Can we trust God enough to patiently wait on Him? Support the Show.
UNEXPECTED SUMMER: God Responds
First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, MO - June 09, 2024 15:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGod hears and responds to our desires, even when they are not in out best interest. Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:4-22
Colossians 2:8-15
Jeffersontown Baptist Church - June 09, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJBC is a place where you don't have to be fluent at "church" in order to start or continue a journey with God. Our hope is that you will find JBC to be a place where you can grow through studying God's Word, reach those around with the saving news of the Gospel, and worship God in spirit and truth.
Man’s theft of widow’s home too much for jury
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 07, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsESPECIALLY IN THE LATE 1800s, the Oregon frontier was no stranger to acts of judicial lynching – where the local legal system was corrupted to provide cover for murder. What’s more unusual, though, was an 1852 event that amounted to judicial cattle rustling. The cattle that the Benton County co...
Boozy generosity turned tables for Prineville Nine
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 06, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWall Street financial wizard Thomas Lawson happened to be in town and betting on Prineville. With Silver Lake up 9-0 halfway through, he knew just what to do: Buy the other team a round of drinks ... or two, or three .... (Prineville, Crook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbe...
The Country’s Oldest Black Tennis Club Is Keeping The Sport Alive In Bronzeville
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - June 06, 2024 11:45 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe nation’s first Black tennis club started on privately owned land needs help repairing its tennis courts, and club members are looking to the public for support. The Chicago Prairie Tennis Club, 3211 S. Ellis Ave., faces a heavy financial lift as four of the courts they’ve been using for deca...
Timber baron made Coos Bay a shipbuilding capitol
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsAsa Mead Simpson came out West for the Gold Rush, but he soon learned there was more money in the timber that blanketed its hills than would ever be scratched out of its rapidly dwindling gold mines. (North Bend, Coos County; 1850s, 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/141...
Kiwanda dory fleet launch straight into the surf
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 04, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings“No one seems to know how the present Kiwanda dory evolved,” wrote Portland Oregonian wildlife editor Don Helm in a 1968 article, “but it revolutionized the sport and made Pacific City the dory capital of the world.” (Pacific City, Tillamook County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offb...
The Cubs-White Sox Rivalry Goes Back To A Baseball ‘War’ In 1900
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - June 04, 2024 10:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsFor over 120 years, the battle over fans, space and prestige in Chicago — and in the history books — has simmered between the North Side and South Side teams and their supporters. Here’s how it happened. Host - Jon Hansen Guests - Linze Rice, Shamus Toomey Read More Here About Cubs - Sox Hist...
Hard-rock mining in north Baker County (WPA oral-history interview with Mrs. Kitty Gray)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - June 03, 2024 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWPA writer Manly Banister's oral history interview with Mrs. Kitty Gray. Mrs. Gray was involved in management of several hard-rock mines during the go-go years of Baker County company gold mining in the first quarter of the 20th century, especially in and around Cornucopia, and offered a lot of i...
Waiting is a Lifestyle
Heritage Fellowship Church - June 03, 2024 11:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPlease join us as we enter a time of worship and waiting. The Lord allows us to reflect on what He has brought us through, our identity in Him, the blessing of a father, and the hope we possess in the knowledge that He will never leave our side. Support the Show.
UNEXPECTED SUMMER: God Calls
First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, MO - June 02, 2024 16:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe sometimes expect God to reach out in miraculous ways, when it may actually be a quiet voice in the night. Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Rooted
Jeffersontown Baptist Church - June 02, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJBC is a place where you don't have to be fluent at "church" in order to start or continue a journey with God. Our hope is that you will find JBC to be a place where you can grow through studying God's Word, reach those around with the saving news of the Gospel, and worship God in spirit and truth.
How Abe Tichner hustled rubes at 1870s county fair
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 31, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe gregarious young entrepreneur usually cleared $2,500 – that’s the equivalent of $57,000 in modern currency – on each county fair. His profit margin hovered around 92 percent. How did he do it? By selling cheap cigars — wrapped in an expensive story. (Portland, Multnomah and Washington County...
This Chicago Bar Is Celebrating 90 Legal Years -- Not Counting Its Speakeasy Era
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 31, 2024 10:50 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe backdrop of Andersonville’s Clark Street business corridor may have evolved over the decades, but one anchor on the street has remained steadfast: an unsuspecting neighborhood bar with a large “pickled” herring neon sign hanging over the sidewalk. Simon’s Tavern, 5210 N. Clark St., has been...
John H. Mitchell, Oregon’s own Snidely Whiplash
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 30, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsJohn Hipple dumped his family, changed his name and moved West. A dozen years and a few easy-money real-estate swindles later, he was a hugely successful railroad-and-timber lawyer and a U.S. Senator. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1880s, 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatore...
Shouldn’t Oregon’s official language be Chinook?
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 29, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsSure, most people speak English. But there’s an older language whose roots run far deeper in Oregon’s culture and history, and it’s one that nearly every Oregonian knows a word or two of. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1411d.314.chinook-jargon.html)
Turns Out, Our 'City Of Neighborhoods' Has No Neighborhoods At All
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 29, 2024 10:50 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe city has 77 community areas -- but no officially recognized neighborhoods. A Chicago Neighborhood Project survey asked residents to define where they live. Project leader Professor Emily Talen joins the Block Club Chicago podcast to explain. Want to donate to our non-profit newsroom? CLICK...
Bad climbers kept getting stuck on Haystack Rock
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 28, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsIt was a notoriously difficult climb, especially on the descent; but the 'idiots climbing Haystack Rock' dynamic didn't become a serious issue until after the helicopter was invented, and climbers started demanding that they be rescued. When they were, the propwash blew all the baby birds out of ...
Rural life in the Willamette Valley in the 1870s (WPA oral-history interview with Nettie Spencer)
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - May 27, 2024 14:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratings'When I asked Miss Spencer about her ancestors she exhibited a tree full of monkeys and said that they were the first one," writes WPA writer Walker Winslow in his oral history interview with Nettie Spencer, which he conducted in 1938 — a little over a decade after the famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial...
The Ultimate 2024 Summer Bucket List!
The Block Club Chicago Podcast - May 27, 2024 13:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 115 ratingsThe Block Club Chicago Staff offers their summer bucket lists for 2024! Want to donate to our non-profit newsroom? CLICK HERE Who we are Block Club Chicago is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, relevant and nonpartisan coverage of Chicago's diverse ne...
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